Bale-tie buckle.



SEPTIMEOUS L. AUSTIN AND HOWARD coLES, or BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS.

BATTE-TIE BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Application filed .Tune 1, 1910. Serial No. 564,395.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SnPTIMEoUs L. AUS- TIN and HOWARD CoLns, citizensof the United States, and residents of Blissville, in the county of-Drew and State of Arkansas, have invented a. new and Improved Bale-TieBuckle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to provide a tie buckle adapted to be disposed at the corners of a baleto be bent thereon in holding relation t-herewith, and to form acinching member for assisting' in drawing the tie member; to provide abuckle of the character specied simple and economical in form andconstruction; to provide a method of manufacturing a buckle whereby thecost of construct-ion is economized; and to provide a buckle readilyreleased from holding engagement.

One embodiment of the present invent-ion is disclosed in the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which-Figure l is a perspective view of a bundle of boards Secured by a tiemember and buckle constructed and arranged in accordance with thepresent invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a buckle constructedand arranged in accordance with the present in vention; and Fig. 3 is aplan view of a blank showing the method of cutting the bucklestherefrom.

The buckles, as constructed by us, are provided with a body portion 4,which in oper- -ation is disposed in perpendicular relation to a tongue5. The tongue 5 is contracted toward the end to form an end section 6,which is bent backward upon the tongue 5, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. This bend is usually completed after a wire 7 has been passedaround the bundle and a half hitch or half turn is made around the saidend section 6, which is at that time upturned to anchor or receive thesaid wire 7.

The buckles are shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, with the tongues 5, 5disposed in the manner as before they are severed from each other andAfrom the metal band from which they are cut. When adapted to use, thebody portion 4 is bent in line with a perforation '8, which is formedadjacent to the edge of the buckle, having an opening 9 provided in theside thereof to receive in winding manner the end of the wire 7. Theplacement of the perforation 8 forms a slightly weakened section in linewith the portion where it is to be bent, thus forming a bending line forthe 'body portion. Disposed with reference to the perforation 8, and intriangular relation thereto, is a second perforation lO. The twoperforations 8 and l0 form the winding holes for the wire 7.

In operation the end of the wire 7 is rst inserted within theperforation 10 and then wrapped into the perforation 8, passing throughthe opening 9 thereto. The buckle is then placed on the corner of thebundle to be tied, while the wire is passed around and under the saidbundle and returned to the said buckle. The wire 7 is pulled to take upany slack. When the wire is thus tightened a quick turn is madearoundthe end section 6 one or more times. The said end section is thenoverturned upon the body portion 4, being lightly struck with a hammeror other suitable hand tool. The wire 7 is then clipped from the rolland the tie is completed. It will be noticed that no sharp protrudingedges are exposed in contact w-ith the boards or material thus bound.

The method pursued in constructing these buckles is simple. A die isprovided adapted to punch the perforations 8 and 10 and to formsimultaneously with the perforation 8 the opening 9. A second punch orshears is then employed to sever the metal band or strip in sections,such as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, embodying the material for adouble nested buckle, as shown in said Fig. 3. These small strips arethen fed to a punch which cuts the sections on the line a-a shown in thesaid Fig. 3, severing the buckles each from the other. The blanks arethen bent to the shape shown in Fig. 2 of drawings, except that the endsection 6, is left standing at an angle of 45o to the body 5 and not asshown with the said section 6, depressed or overlaid on the body 5. Itwill be noticed that in this method of manufacture great economy in theutilization of the metal is attained.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A bale tie buckle, comprising a rectangularbody portion having recesses formed therein for holding a wire; and atongue por tion integrally formed with said body portion and extendedtherefrom with one edge Specioaton in the presence of two sub- SeilbmgWitnesses.

SEPTIMEOUS L. AUSTIN. HOWARD ooLES.

Vtnesses H. R. OSTERHOLT, JAS. WV. REYNOLDS.

thereof in the saine Vertical plane with one of the sides of said bodyportion, Seid tongue having zt Wedge-Shaped body Structure oontraeted tothe end removed from said body portion, and the median Width of Seidtongue equeling half of the Width of Said body portion.

InA testimony whereof We have Signed this Copies of this patent may beobtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,Washington, D. C.

